Good morning, Washington. Remember that recent weird burglary at Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry’s house — the one that Barry seemingly didn’t want investigated in favor of telling the police they had more important things to do? Well, Harry Jaffe got hold of the police report, and it turns out Barry may have had good reason not to want it looked at it too closely. Apparently the former mayor had a large collection of…

We do hope you had a pleasant, relaxing, not too horribly hot weekend, Washington. Even if you didn’t, chances are your Monday morning is shaping up to be less of a hassle than it is for the staff of Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA). Webb finally admitted over the weekend that he owns the gun that his aide, Phillip Thompson, was arrested for carrying into the Capitol in March. What kept him from clearing up…

Good morning, Washington. We pestered you yesterday about your Memorial Day plans. Today, a word of warning: make sure they don’t include flip-flops. As FOX5 helpfully warns us, the sandals can lead to sprains, broken bones or even the dreaded Flipflop-Induced Foot Failure Syndrome (aka FIFFS). We had no idea we were in such peril. Bad Day For Bobb: Yesterday the U.S. Senate unanimously approved Mayor Fenty’s school takeover plan. Rest assured, we’ll have…

Well that was fast. After placing a second hold on legislation granting Mayor Adrian Fenty direct control over the District’s public schools, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) this afternoon agreed to lift her hold and let the proposal move forward in the Senate. According to the Post, Landrieu did so after being assured that School Board President Robert Bobb (pictured right), who had asked for the hold, and Fenty had agreed to sit down and iron…

Brrrrrrrrrr. We hope you’ve got some layers on this morning, D.C. It’s the coldest day so far this winter, with a predicted high of only 29 degrees. Sure, we were wishing for some proper winter weather for a while, but frankly this may be going just a bit too far. The bitter temperatures won’t last too long, though — Saturday’s high will be back up toward 50. Small Fire in Metro: We’re hearing there was…

Maybe the biggest news about D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty’s formal announcement of a planned school takeover is that it might not be news at all. Flanked by nine members of the D.C. Council — a considerable number given that there are currently only 11 seated — Fenty yesterday detailed his plans to hand most budgetary and management authority to a chancellor appointed by him, leaving the elected School Board to handle education policy matters. While…

Batten down the hatches, Washington. Proving that no good spell of weather goes unpunished, we’ve now got some major storms headed our way. Two separate storm lines, to be precise, are barreling down on the metro area as we speak, the first having just begun, and the second, more powerful system, expected between noon and 5 p.m. With winds at 30 mph, we’d suggest upgrading your umbrella to something more than cheap and crappy. District…

As the clock rolled through midnight, there sat Marion Barry, hunched over in his too-big suit, red Nationals cap pulled low over thick glasses, interrupting the chair. He spoke haltingly, with long pauses, as he made his roundabout point, while Linda Cropp alternately reclined in exasperation and leaned forward over the desk, glaring at him in incredulity. Barry hushed Kwame Brown and David Catania by their first names as they attempted to clarify his statement,…

6:30 p.m. Man, it’s been a long day. We’ve been shuffling to and from meetings with members of the council, trying to convince that it’s now or never with this stadium lease. Cropp’s working her heart out, but it seems like an uphill battle with Barry, Gray, and Brown. And every chance he gets, Fenty goes on and on about MLB’s greed. I could really use a cigaratte, a beer, and a good meal. Well,…

In the past DCist has speculated on who might run for mayor. Now that the mayoral lineup has shaped up, we’ve got greener pastures to move on to. And given that the new biggest story in District politics is the emerging scandal of the $425 million in unauthorized payments and no-bid contracts (we’re going to jump the gun here and designate it “Contract-gate”), we figure it’s high time to start guessing who might face firing,…